Strongest field ever assembled
Not the biggest field — the best one. Every rig in the lot could have won it.
1795
average power rating going in
🥇 National Pro BBQ Tour Championship
- Set 6 Oct 2017
- How 50 rated teams
- Standing held outright
- Qualifying fields of 15 rated teams or more
- Scope national — this one is measured across a whole career, wherever it was cooked, so it can't be cut by state
The top 25
| # | Contest | average power rating going in | Set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Pro BBQ Tour Championship 50 rated teams |
1795 | 6 Oct 2017 |
| 2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship 50 rated teams |
1763 | 30 Sep 2016 |
| 3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 30 rated teams |
1749 | 22 Sep 2017 |
| 4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 30 rated teams |
1745 | 23 Sep 2016 |
| 5 | *Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) 44 rated teams |
1738 | 9 Nov 2018 |
| 6 | King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL) 24 rated teams |
1733 | 12 Dec 2014 |
| 7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 30 rated teams |
1731 | 30 Jun 2017 |
| 8 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Duel 58 rated teams |
1729 | 17 Nov 2017 |
| 9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 29 rated teams |
1729 | 25 Aug 2017 |
| 10 | 2015 Colorado Rockies Championship 35 rated teams |
1722 | 18 Sep 2015 |
| 11 | Boo-B-Que - Day 2 33 rated teams |
1717 | 30 Oct 2021 |
| 12 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2) 58 rated teams |
1715 | 18 Nov 2017 |
| 13 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In Day 2 32 rated teams |
1710 | 14 Jul 2018 |
| 14 | SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 15 rated teams |
1709 | 22 Oct 2021 |
| 15 | SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 15 rated teams |
1709 | 23 Oct 2021 |
| 16 | Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 2 26 rated teams |
1708 | 12 Aug 2023 |
| 17 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club 24 rated teams |
1704 | 16 Oct 2020 |
| 18 | Farm Stock Smoke Off 21 rated teams |
1704 | 24 Jul 2020 |
| 19 | Back to Mayberry Day 2 47 rated teams |
1702 | 27 Jun 2020 |
| 20 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 27 rated teams |
1702 | 19 Jul 2019 |
| 21 | "Last Chance" KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 18 rated teams |
1701 | 30 Jul 2020 |
| 22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 30 rated teams |
1699 | 1 Jul 2016 |
| 23 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 28 rated teams |
1698 | 8 Sep 2017 |
| 24 | 44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off 25 rated teams |
1696 | 8 May 2026 |
| 25 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 50 rated teams |
1695 | 20 Mar 2021 |
Rebuilt nightly from every KCBS result we can find. A record here is only as complete as the data behind it — if a contest is missing from the archive, so is anything that happened at it.
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